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21st July 1931
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Choosing London's Buses

S TRONG objections are being made by the Society a Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the Institute of British Carriage and Motor...

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LOOSE LEAVES

TT has been found -I-that the efficiency of a bearing in the engine of a motor vehiclu depends to a certain extent on the...

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ONE HEARS

Very little noise from modern chassis. That there isn't the demand now for hay that there was in the horses' hey-day. That an...

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WHEELS of INDUSTRY "The wheels of wealth will be slowed

by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it...

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A Book on Law for Vehicle Users.

Entitled "Road Traffic Law," by F. Llewellyn Jones, LL.B., M.P., solicitor, H.M. Coroner for the County of Flint. shire, is a...

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Leyland's New Sales Manager.

Mr. M. R. Pease has been appointed sales manager of Leyland Motors, Ltd., to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. A....

London's Traffic Census.

One day last week officials representing the Commissioners of the Metropolitan and the City Police Forces carried out the...

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Taxation Receipts.

The Ministry of Transport has recently issued a return giving particulars of the gross receipts from the taxation of road...

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THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR MUNICIPAL PURCHASES

Baron Urban District Council is to buy a new motor fire-engine costing £1,015. Ammmnonoucit (Norfolk) Parish Council is to...

AND PROPOSALS

NoRimelers county surveyor recommends the purchase of a heavy lorry. STANSTED Parish Council has decided to buy a new motor...

Reduced Railway Traffic.

Statistics which have recently been published by the Minister of Transport show that during April, 1931, the total number of...

A Handy New Inspection Lamp.

S. Smith and Sons (Motor Accessories), Ltd., Cricklewood Works, London, N.W.2, has placed on the market a new inspection lamp,...

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A Vaporizer for Oil Fuel

Brief Details of an Interesting French Device Which is Claimed to Have Given Good Results S INCE the commencement of the...

Items of News in a Few Lines

By the end of the year Middlesbrough Corporation proposes to displace the trams on the Norton-Stockton route by motorbuses....

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The Latest Mobile Printing Press

An Interesting Dodge Brothers Van which is Equipped with a Public-address Outfit. A Dual-purpose Vehicle A BOUT the middle of...

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Road Transport Activities

in PARLIAMENT By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent The London Passenger Transport Bill. iurR. MONTGOMERY, K.C.,...

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THE CONTROL of T HE objection often put forward against the

extended use of steam wagons is that there 3 not a sufficient supply of trained aen to drive them, and that it takes L long...

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the STEAM WAGON

and there is a maximum demand for steam. The injector is also very useful for quickly supplying water to the boiler in the...

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A New Double-decker

N O make of chassis has achieved a more enviable reputation amongst passenger-vehicle operators than the T.S.M., formerly known...

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The Possibilities of a

NEW PARCELCAR F ROM time to time Karryall three-wheeled vans have been exhibited at various shows and have made an impression...

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The Raleigh Karryall Put Through a Strenuous Test with a

Full Load of 5 cwt. Marked Fuel Economy and Low Standing Charges quick job, ensuring minimum loss of use of the vehicle when...

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For Workshop Service in East Africa

T IIE Crown Agents for the Colonies often have occasion to order special types of vehicle for overseas use to meet individual...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER T HE conditions under 'which road transport is carried on vary considerably, and as they directly affect...

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OPERATING ASPECTS

of Passenger Transport EFFECTS OF TRADE AND WEATHER ON TRANSPORT rnHE latest annual report of Birming ham Corporation's...

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CONTACT STATIONS AS PART OF RAIL-ROAD CO-ORDINATION

An Interesting L.N.E.R. De velopment in the Scheme of Linking Up Train and Bus Services I N the recently issued time-table...

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BUSES PROVE SUCCESSFUL AT EDINBURGH

() 'again the operations of the transport department of Edinburgh Corporation have been conducted in a manner which must be...

PLYMOUTH ATTEMPTS TO BAR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE

A SHARP conflict took place be.1"1. tween Plymouth Corporation and the Western National, Southern National and Southern General...

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NORTHERN COMMISSIONERS CRITICIZE STOCKTON CORPORATION

A SEVERE shock was given to Stockton Corporation by the Traffic Commissioners for the Northern Area, at their recent sitting in...

ARE THEY TOURS OR EXPRESS SERVICES?

A N interesting point in connection with applications for tour licences was raised by the deputy town clerk of Scarborough,...

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How Avon Tyres are Made

co. a recent visit to the Avon tyre factory at Melksham, • IL/Wiltshire, we saw pneumatic tyres for commercial vehicles being...

Converting Four-wheeled Steam Wagons Into Six-wheelers

T HE maximum legal laden weight of a four-wheeled steam wagon is 14 tons, but for a six-wheeled vehicle the law allows a laden...

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OPINIONS • and QUERIES Unnecessary Delays at Sugar-beet Factories.

THE EDITOR, The Commercial Motor. 13464] Sir,—As a firm with four seasons' experience of beet haulage we would like to express...

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THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR Reconditioned v. New Vehicles.

THE EDITOR, The Commercial Motor. [3468] Sir,—As we are considering the purchase of a 4-5-ton lorry for haulage purposes we...

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A Motorcycle Equipped as a Gas-mains Cleanser

I N the manufacture of gas such substances as naphthalene, tar, paraffin, rust and water find their way into the pipes, and the...

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HOW TO

PAINT A BUS p AINTING fulfils two purposes, because it protects the panels and other surfaces from the weather, as well as...

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A Timken Self-aligning Bearing

A BEARING which should prove useful in heavy vehicles is described In patent No. 330,349 by the Timken Roller Bearing Co., of...